Review: PHIL ELLIS'S EXCELLENT COMEDY SHOW, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - May 13, 2024
Phil Ellis’s Excellent Comedy Show begins with a man, dressed in a tight black spandex costume and wearing a bin bag over his head, struggling to make his way to the microphone. Once he removes the bag and reveals himself to be the man of the hour, we discover that Ellis is dressed as a cat, with Sh...
Review: MASTERCLASS, Southbank Centre
by Alice Cope - May 13, 2024
Masterclass is a powerful production which provides some genuine discussion on privilege and opportunity within theatre and arts....
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - May 10, 2024
“More matter for a May morning.” Given that the majority of Shakespeare’s plays began with outdoor performances of one kind or another, it’s a perfect fit for the leafy surroundings of Regent’s Park – which has made it all the more conspicuous for its absence from the programming over the past few s...
Review: GILLIAN COSGRIFF: ACTUALLY, GOOD, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - May 10, 2024
Gillian Cosgriff: Actually, Good begins with Cosgriff performing using a looper pedal, with backwards vocals and some chords from the onstage keyboard. She gives us context for several things in order to understand the show, including that the Whitsundays are islands and Australians like to make tou...
Review: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, Marylebone Theatre
by Mica Blackwell - May 09, 2024
Nikolai Gogol's 1836 satire The Government Inspector caused a stir for calling out the Russian government's corruption. It's easy to see why Peter Myers wanted to bring its relevant story to the stage two centuries later, but the biting commentary under the silliness is lost in translation in this c...